Alternative form of onstage

Alternative form of onstage

(UK, slang) Temporarily away from work, usually due to sickness, supported by sickness benefit.

(transitive) To make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).

Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt

Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt

Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt

(idiomatic) To use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances.

(historical, UK, Ireland) Wearing a blanket instead of prison clothes (as a protest by political prisoners who wanted to distinguish themselves from criminals).

(colloquial) tired to the point of exhaustion, but still awake and out of bed